The tabloid, Red Pepper, could hurt the feelings of some people thanks to its unforgiving exposes but it laid the foundation for today’s rapidly changing online media news landscape. See, many of the online news portals today were started by former Red Pepper employees. Why was this the case? Several reasons. First, there was no…
First it was Robert Kabushenga the then CEO of Vision Group whose paper ran a story that Mengo had mortgaged the Bulange land title to former Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kutesa. After the backlash generated by the story, Kabushenga went to Mengo and mended fences with Buganda. Years later, the Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny-Dollo rushed…
Stanbic Bank has donated an assortment of items worth Shs 16 million to the Wakiso-based Gem Foundation, a non-profit organization providing a safe haven for abandoned, neglected, and abused children with special needs. The items include medical supplies and foodstuffs dedicated to enhance the welfare of vulnerable children in Uganda. For the last three years,…
